Nearest Neighbour Decision Rule for Non-Parametric Classification
Understand the effectiveness of the Nearest Neighbour decision rule in non-parametric classification. Learn how this rule can be used in situations where other classification methods may not work. Explore its asymptotic performance compared to the Bayes rule.
Nearest Neighbour Decision Rule for Non-Parametric Classification
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Non-Parametric: K-NN Prof. A.L. Yuille Stat 231. Fall 2004. Duda, Hart and Stork: Chp 4.4 & 4.5.
NN Error Analysis Here x* is the sample closest to point x. As the no. samples becomes large x* will be arbitrarily close to x.
NN Decision Rule • The nearest neighbour decision rule is very easy to use. • It can be effective in situations where other classification rules – e.g. linear separation – will not work. • The asymptotic result shows that the NN rule often approaches the performance of the (optimal) Bayes rule.